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Tinta Negra
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Grape characteristics |
| Name |
Tinta Negra |
| Type of grape variety |
Red |
| Description |
Tinta Negra, or simply Negra Mole, is the most planted red grape variety in Madeira.
It is also grown in the Algarve, though it doesn’t have the qualities of that produced in the island. This is due to the weather conditions.
Tinta Negra Mole has medium-sized and big bunches made up of berries whose colour is not uniform (varying between bluish-black and pinkish).
This grape variety produces a very sweet red wine and has been used to produce Madeira wine.
However, producers concluded that, no matter how good this grape variety’s quality was, its wines would always be inferior to those produced from Boal, Sercial and Malvasia. |
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Ampelographic Characteristics
Fonte: Catálogo das Castas, IVV.
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| Young Branch End |
semi flat; white, vinous to carmine borders; cottony. |
| Young leaf |
yellowish L1, L2 and L3, yellow L4 and L5 with brown spots, green L6 with brown spots. Underside of L4 is very cottony with webbed main nervures, sometimes pubescent. |
| Flower |
androgynous. |
| Shoots |
internodes and nodes with red striae, sometimes reddish; low to medial anthocyanin pigmentation on the shoots; erect to semi erect growth. |
| Tendrils |
intermittent regular distribution, 02 formula, medium to very long. |
| Adult leaf |
medium length; pentagonal to cuneiform; with five lobes, sometimes three. Open, upper lateral sinuses with U-shaped bases; petiolar sinus with overlapping lobes and a U-shaped base, with the frequent presence of a tooth on the border. Flat, at times involute, green leaf blade, low swelling, slight wrinkling and low anthocyanin pigmentation on the main nervures near the petiolar point. Cottony underside, strong erect pilosity and webbed main nervures; strong erect pilosity and low anthocyanin pigmentation on the main nervures near the petiolar point. Convex, short teeth, larger in length than in width. Petiole shorter than the average main vein, slightly webbed, medial erect pilosity and sometimes reddish in colour. |
| Bunch |
medium to large length, loose compactness. Long peduncle with medium lignification. |
| Berry |
medium, not uniform in colour, dark blue to pinky to white, medial bloom. Skin of medial thickness. Colourless, soft pulp with a simple flavour. Medium pedicel, only slightly adherent. |
| Seeds |
strong hard tegument. |
| Stalks |
elliptic section, striated surface. Reddish brown in colour, glabrous. |
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